Eric Maynor

Position: PG Height/Weight: 6-3/175 NBA experience: Four seasons 2012-13 salary: $2,338,721 Contract status: The Blazers can extend a $3.4 million qualifying offer to Maynor, which would make him a restricted free agent.

2012-13 regular season: Posted season averages of 4.5 points, 0.7 rebounds and 2.8 assists in 15.0 minutes per contest in 64 games … After being acquired by the Trail Blazers on Feb. 21, averaged 6.9 points, 1.0 rebound, 4.0 assists and 21.2 minutes per game in 27 appearances … Tallied a career-best 12 assists against Minnesota on March 2 … Scored a season-high 20 points and recorded six assists March 8 at San Antonio … Tied a career best with three 3-point field goals at Denver on April 14 … Averaged 2.8 points, 2.0 assists and 10.6 minutes in 37 games played with Oklahoma City.

Eric Maynor's regular season stats

Year

G

MPG

PPG

RPG

APG

SPG

BPG

TOPG

FG%

3P%

FT%

09-10

81

15.7

4.7

1.6

3.3

0.5

0.1

1.0

.418

.310

.722

10-11

82

14.6

4.2

1.5

2.9

0.4

0.1

0.9

.402

.385

.729

11-12

9

15.2

4.2

1.4

2.4

0.6

0.0

1.2

.359

.353

1.000

12-13

64

15.0

4.5

0.7

2.8

0.3

0.0

1.2

.377

.354

.726

Career

236

15.1

4.5

1.3

3.0

0.4

0.1

1.1

.400

.354

.731

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When the Trail Blazers made an under-the-radar move to acquire backup point guard Eric Maynor from the Oklahoma City Thunder, it may not have raised eyebrows across the league but it was a sight for sore eyes for the Blazers and their point guard rotation.

The NBA trade deadline deal required just a trade exception and the draft rights to Greek prospect Georgios Printezis for a player general manager Neil Olshey described as "a great guy to run our second unit while being able to play with our starters."

His arrival proved to be a boon for rookie point guard Damian Lillard, who logged heavy minutes all season. In the 27 games after adding Maynor, Lillard's averages saw a slight bump, scoring 20.4 points per game on 45 percent shooting. Prior to Maynor's arrival (55 games), Lillard was averaging 18.4 points on 42 percent shooting.

Maynor was not only able to provide an adequate backup for Lillard, but the two also shared the court, allowing Lillard to play off the ball and get some easy shots.

While the addition of Maynor was certainly a positive for the Blazers, the summer brings some uncertainty. Portland can extend the 25-year-old (he turns 26 in June) a $3.4 million qualifying offer that would make him a restricted free agent. Doing so would create a $5.85 million cap hold that would dent salary cap flexibility in the free agency market, meaning the Blazers seem likely to let him become an unrestricted free agent.